tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167657018705847039.post5218639746222612774..comments2010-05-18T14:14:41.454-07:00Comments on JCHS AP Language: Poverty BlogDGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01207904522561046891noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1167657018705847039.post-32978048692336044462010-03-22T19:39:26.549-07:002010-03-22T19:39:26.549-07:00There is a few things that I would like say to qua...There is a few things that I would like say to qualify or perhaps even contradict this journal entry. <br />First thing I must say is that I really don’t think 20 years is a good assessment of the existence of poverty: there are a couple of reasons. First is that the “war on poverty” (coined term by President Johnson) started roughly 40 years ago in the US. Second is that despite the official beginning of “the war on poverty”, I am sure that there were poor people before then (namely during the Great depression which happened over 70 years ago). <br />Second thing is the vagueness of the citations. The “many famous people” who believes that classism is inevitable can be almost anyone. There are two types of these people: the Marxist, who believes that classism and poverty will always be inherent to the structure of our economy, and there are Darwinists, who believes that human nature itself is the cause of putting people into economic hierarchies. The “some people” who believe that we have the moral obligation to help the poor are people like John Edwards and James Gilligan. I just think having some antecedents to go with the pronouns would be a good idea. <br />Third is that I disagree with the author’s singular focus on solutions and causations to poverty. Solutions such as schooling are great and are probably very effective to some degree, but that doesn’t address other, sometimes even more dire, causes of poverty. Things like the vicious cycle, economic instability, taxes, and natural causes all contribute to one becoming poor. Because poverty has many causalities it is very ineffective to adapt to a one thing solves all mentality.Szhanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08842792202038866447noreply@blogger.com